Now this seemed, to me, to contradict a lot of the media releases from refugee advocacy groups about how many refugees we take. I decided to do a little research of my own.
According to the UNHCR 2011 statistics, Australia took 0.98 refugees per 1,000 population, or 21, 805. That does not look like the “third largest number of refugees of any country”.
I looked at some other rather well-known countries (other countries take more, these are a selection only):
Sweden: 82,629 - 8.81 per 1,000 population Switzerland: 48,813 - 6.37 per 1,000 population Germany: 594,269 - 7.22 per 1,000 population France: 200,687 - 3.20 per 1,000 population Canada: 165,549 - 4.87 per 1,000 population United Kingdom: 238,150 - 3.84 per 1,000 population United States: 264,574 - 0.85 per 1,000 population Thailand: 96,675 - 1.40 per 1,000 population
[ from the UHHCR link below Australia: 0.98 per 1,000 population ]
Who on earth wrote the budget media release? What sources did that writer use to substantiate the glowing assertions about Australia’s contribution to the global humanitarian crisis?
Is this a pretty good example of “spin”?
What is your opinion? Please share, because I’d love to know how we can reconcile the facts with the media release!
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